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1984. Yes, I know you've probably read it already, but it's probably time to read it again.
by fvold 5y ago
1984.
Yes, I know you've probably read it already, but it's probably time to read it again.
- BoumTAC 5y agoI think Animal's farm is better and a lot closer to our current system
- codeflo 5y agoSome people think that 1984 is mostly about surveillance, but that’s a superficial reading IMO. I think it’s a lot more about bending the truth and suppressing ideas. A quote that haunts me: “Freedom is the freedom to say that two plus two make four. If that is granted, all else follows.” Do we have that freedom in the west, today? Will we have it tomorrow? It’s a lot less clear than one would hope.
- fvold 5y agoExactly. Surveillance is one of the methods of control, but it's really about oppressing the way people think, shaping it to suit the needs of The Party.
- atulatul 5y agoIt seems some people say they have read it even when they haven't. (Citation needed.) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7y83UkvHpYk https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7y83UkvHpYk
- codeflo 5y agoI can believe that more people started to read it than actually finished it. Plot points from the latter half of the book are only referenced very rarely.
- wreath 5y agoI never read this book. I bought it at some point in mid-2020 and it was too real, i had to put it down because it was making me angry.